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    Posted: 14 Aug 14 at 12:31pm
There's a skipper hull afloat in the lagoon at West Bay by the rowing boats. Surprising really. Still looks awful
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Originally posted by gordon1277

They always scare me when I see people who have probably bought skippers on ebay about to launch into the solent from the public slip in a force 5 sw. No Bouncy aids or wet suits in site.
That and very old Ents and Fireballs seem to be favourite.

Perhaps we could start a Skipper thread, covering all aspects of design, handling, colour schemes, quality of design, boat manufacture, sails, spars and cushions that could be bought as a must have option Wink
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Has anyone ever owned a Wineglass ? Not a joke....only ever sailed in a Nottinghamshire club? I have seen one on ebay and I seem to remember one winning a persuit race somewhere in the distant past.
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I've not owned one, but my old club had one about 25-30 years ago and I crewed in it a fair bit. It seemed old and beaten up even then, but that's quite nice in many ways because you can just relax and not worry about scratching it.  Not sure I'd put it in my top 5 though!
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I went to school with somebody who had one, not seen him or his boat since!
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I admit that my list looks a bit "alternative". But it reflects my own personal experiences. 

1. A Salcombe dayboat  
I know, I know. I can hear you now. How can a clinker built boat with a cast iron centreboard be my favourite boat? I had my first experience of sailing in one of these as a 13 year old. It was during a glorious summer holiday in Salcombe back in the 1970's. I still get misty eyed thinking about it now and can still vividly remember that day. 

2. Enterprise. 
It took me another 17 years to get back to sailing again. Having been forced by injury to give up my first sport of rugby, I needed to find something to take its place. I chose sailing, bought an old Ent and joined a club.  Initially I did a lot of crewing and learned quickly thanks to being able to closely observe good helms at work (so much better than a formal sailing course). Within a few years, my daughter was crewing for me and by then we were winning the odd cup at our local club. I really enjoyed the cut and thrust of close but friendly racing in the Ent fleet.

 3. RS400.  
I have sailed one these quite a bit. The boat always feels well sorted and refined with just about as much performance as I could handle (sometimes much more). I would have bought one years ago but my crew (daughter) was rather too small.

4. Solo. With daughter packed off to Uni, I was crewless. So I bought a Solo. I tried the Laser and quite liked it but felt I would never be very competitive with the uber-fit club hotshots. The Solo may be old school in some ways but it is a great boat and the fleet racing is simply amazing. On almost any Sunday in the year I can race in a fleet of ten other competitive Solos at my local club. 

5. DZero. I admit that I have not yet sailed one of these but they look great and appear to have as much performance and power as I could comfortably handle. If the opportunity were to arise and the funds were available, this would be my second boat. That or a J88!
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In order or preference:-

1./ 12ft Skiff (in over 10kts of breeze, you always come off the water with a grin)
2./ 97-rules Cherub (in over 15kts of breeze, you always come off the water with a grin)
1./ AC Canoe (in over 10kts of breeze, you always come off the water with a grin)
1./ 18ft Skiff (in over 10kts of breeze, you always come off the water with a grin)

Ones I haven't tried (but would love to):-

1./ A Class Cat
2./ Foiling Moth

Can you guess why?
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Actually, the A class cat is another I'd have on the list, if I could have 6, not 5, or on a different day. Never sailed one, but they just seem so smooth, and able to go so fast with a fairly small sail area.
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Humm, so Cats, Foilers and Keelboats are now categorised as, "Dinghies", in this thread of, ".... Favourite Dinghies";  skiffs I reckon barely make it .... but just.
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Originally posted by OultonBen

Humm, so Cats, Foilers and Keelboats are now categorised as, "Dinghies", in this thread of, ".... Favourite Dinghies";  skiffs I reckon barely make it .... but just.


Yes! I don't get why people feel the need to segregate.
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